The Bluegrass State may want to change its moniker to “The Greenmold State” after abnormal amounts of summer rain flooded the city, leaving many residents with a serious mold problem. According to The Courier-Journal, the Louisville Metro Health and Wellness department is releasing data showing mold complaints have spiked...

A state known for creating big, bold energy-efficiency strategies now has another one to add to its resume: by 2020, the state of California wants all new home constructions to be net-zero energy homes. According to a June 10 Greentech Media article, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and...

The first-quarter results of the 2015 Residential Remodeling Index, which examines activity in the remodeling and replacement industries, showed a 4% year-over-year increase, Metrostudy announced in late May. That’s the strongest gain since the first quarter of 2014, when the RRI went up by 5.3%. “The Residential Remodeling Index...

For many homeowners in the process of renovating their homes, the desire to find something old and unusual over the course of their remodeling project is almost as natural as the drive to leave something themselves for later generations to find. Recently, the former actually came true for a...

Homeowners in Palm Beach, Florida are getting a rude awakening when it comes to their oversized screen doors and porches. While many homeowners built the screened-in rooms to enjoy the mild weather and beautiful views, they porches may have to be altered or even removed in the near future. Palm...

Americans love their yards — and they love to make them look their best with the help of various landscaping projects. One form of landscaping that’s getting more popular than ever is the retaining wall. While retaining walls are technically intended to hold back soil or water, they can...

Although Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies has predicted a slowdown in home remodeling spending by current homeowners for the first half of 2015, the real estate market is seeing a healthy rebound so far this year. From potential sellers to new buyers, the market for home remodeling...

Spike TV’s hit home improvement series To Catch a Contractor may seem a little over the top at times — after all, it is reality television — but fake or unlicensed contractors posing as the real deal is quite common. On Jan. 29, an investigative fraud team from the Contractors State Licensing Board...

According to a new survey from Angie’s List, home improvement contractors have high hopes for 2015. Last November, the local business review website surveyed over 1,000 highly rated companies that specialize in home improvement, asking how homeowners’ budget expectations had changed, and about the home remodeling trends that will be...

Malverne residents have had enough of the brown water coming out of their pipes. Residents of the small Long Island community have meticulously documented — through photos and video — their nearly three-year struggle to get 90-year-old water mains in Malverne replaced. They have even created a Facebook page...